Pratt & Whitney has announced that its F117 engine program had logged more than four million flight hours of operation in the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, covering airlift missions by the US Air Force and the British Royal Air Force. Four F117 engines power each C-17.
Trainees in Basic Military Training and technical school no longer have the option to try alternate PT drills if they fail an initial assessment, according to a policy change the Air Force made in April. The move is part of a larger shift out of the classroom and into hands-on,…